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How the knights templar changed the world
THE TEMPLAR ARCHIVE IS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN SEARCH THE TRUTH ABOUT THESE KNIGHTS. IT KEEPS YOU UPDATED ON THE LATEST DISCOVERIES AND ALLOWS YOU TO SHARE YOUR RESEARCH AND IDEAS WITH LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE.
At its peak, the Order known as The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ had around 20,000 members. The grandmaster was the leader, with a deputy known as the seneschal. The marshal would be in charge of individual commanders and equipment, and then there was the main fighting force comprised of knights and sergeants.
At their height of wealth and power the Templar Knights held between 9,000 to 11,000 properties all Across Europe and the Holy Lands. From Scotland, England to France, Portugal, Spain, Italy and beyond, many important Templar sites can still be visited to this day.
Do the Knights Templar still exist today?
The Fall of Acre in the late 12th century marked the beginning of the end of the strong Templar foothold in the Holy Land.
The Templars were skilled builders and built hundreds of structures, including churches, castles, and even entire towns and villages.
Skilled at military, finance and architecture
Promising to serve the Christian cause, the Knights Templar were the elite fighting force of their day, highly trained, well-equipped and highly motivated; one of the tenets of their religious order was that they were forbidden from retreating in battle.
What did the Knights Templar believe in?
The Templar name is because their early headquarters were located on Temple Mount in Jerusalem. They were a religious military order established in the early 12th for the protection of pilgrims, faith and the Holy Sepulchre.
For the glory of God and in God’s name